Reminder sheets



July 12, 1955 L. A. RANKO ET AL 2,712,810

REMINDER SHEETS Filed Feb. 24, 1954 lNVENTOR` BY 7/ELM 5Fl/Ml.

ATTORNEY ?a.tented july 12, 1955 kanonnen SHEETS Leonard A. Ranko, NewYork, and Bernard Flushing, N. Y.

Application February 24, 1954, Serial N 412,145 1 Claim. (Cl. 116-133)L. Shank,

Our invention is an improved memorandum sheet, especially a sheet havingthe names of commodities listed thereon, and comprising novel means forindicating which of the commodities so listed must be kept in mind bythe user.

An important object of this invention is to provide a sheet of materialhaving projections on its edge, one adjacent each of said names, and anelement of elastic material to be attached to any required number ofsaid projections, to prevent all the articles having their names on thesheet adjacent said projections, from escaping the users attention. Thesheet or card is especially ntended for the housewife at shopping timeto keep her reminded of items to be purchased for the household, such asgroceries and other articles for the table and pantry.

The nature and advantages of the invention are fully set forthhereinafter and the novel features are defined in the appended claims.But the disclosure is by way oi example only and variations may beadopted in minor respects Without omission or marked alteration of anyof the essential characteristics.

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Figure 1 is a plan View of a cording to this invention,

The numeral 1 indicates the sheet as a whole. It can be made ofcardboard, wood, plastic or other suitable stijf material, and ispreferably rectangular in general shape and outline. The shorteropposite edges or ends of the card or sheet have each a pair ofapertures 2 with slits 3 connecting the apertures to said edges. A loop4 of elastic material is disposed in the apertures 2 by slipping itthrough the cuts 3, so that it lies along one face of the sheet with itsends running across from one aperture 2 to the other at each end of thesheet. Along each of the longer sides are recesses 5, with rounded innerends 6. The outer ends of the recesses 5 are also rounded off withdiverging curved sides to form founded projections 7 between saidrecesses 5, and the rojections at the ends of each longitudinal row have:emcircular notches 8 in line with the edges or ends rearing theapertures 2.

On the card 1 at each projection 7 is a name of a memorandum sheetaccommodity needed by the household of the user, and kept on hand by thegrocer or butcher. When there is shopping to be done, the items neededare with equal ease over the projections 7 the items to be bought. Theuser then merely scans the projections 7 which are engaged by theportions 9 and 10 of the loop, releasing the projections 7 in successionas the commodities are taken in hand, till the needs of the kitchen andpantry are all lled. The card 1 and loop 4 are preferably in distinctivecolors, so that the cook or housewife will not overlook anything that isneeded.

since the portions 9 and 10 can be slipped over the projections 7, andremoved merely by stretching the loop 4.

Having described our invention, what we believe to be new is:

A memorandum sheet of rectangular outline having rows of projectionsalong opposite edges thereof, said sheet having recesses with roundedinner ends and diverging curved sides in said edges to form rows ofrounded projections between said recesses, said sheet having the name ofan article adjacent each projection, the sheet also having aperturesadjacent each end thereof between said rows, and a cut running from eachaperture to the adjacent edge of said sheet, and an endless single loopof elastic material having portions in said apertures at both ends andextending from end to end iirst-named portions and extending along saidrows in engaged with one or more of said projec-

